Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Room 3 was really lucky enough to have one of our parents donate 25 "phonics phones".Thanks Darren.Phonics phones are PVC piping that acts like a telephone.Room 3 use them during SSR, reading group time and writing time.The children do not need to speak loudly but can hear themselves clearly while speaking.The phonics phones are particularly wonderful during writing time as the children can hear themselvessounding out tricky words that they are attempting to phonetically sound and spell.The sounds are more prominent and accentuated enabling the children to more easily spell words as they sound.During reading time a group can go off (in the secret garden or other secret space) and read into a phonics phone,hear themselves clearly and at the same time not disturb others working.The phonics phone also improves their focus and ability to stay on task.(Look Preps K and S it was wacky hair and wacky hat day!)

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Room 3 children can you please add a comment explaining what you think a blog is.OrYou can use Voice Memo on the ipods to record your answer.Please email it to me when you have finished your recording.

You can also find Gina's video on the Comments4kids blog.Comments for kids is a way for students and teachers to find blogs to comment on to get their own posts commented on.

Friday, September 16, 2011

So many people have asked us how to find the bee dance. It is still on our blog - go to the side panel where it says Mini Beasts or Honey Bee Dance or you can go to Youtube and type in Honey Bee Dance - Cute Version - Enjoy!

Monday, September 12, 2011

Within our four schools we have a partnership that means that for a four week cycle, each school’s blog would be the focus for one week out of four. Each school in the Quad will spend some time visiting the blog of the school for that week, leave comments etc. After that week, another one of the four schools would be the focus and this would be repeated for the four week cycle and then repeated. This will give each blog a boost in visitor numbers and comments. Our blogging friends are

Year 1 at Bishop Stokes Primary asked us some questions to get to know us

Do you have a number line in your class? (Saul)Do you have golden time in your class? (Lola)Do you have a school uniform? (Eloise)Do you have plants in your class? (Kyle)Do you have computers? (Cleo)What do you like learning about in school? (Emily)Do you have a field? (Beau)Where do you eat your lunch? (Sahardiid)Do you have a playground? (Toby)Is your school on a boat? (Harry)Do you have a train toy in your class? (Calum)Do you use suncream? (Charlie)Do you have teddies in your class? (Alfie)Do you have PE? (Dante)

We decided to make a voice thread to answer the questions so that the children could hear our voices.I wonder if they think that we have an accent that is different to theirs?

Here are the answers to our questions that we asked Bishop Stokes Primary Year 1

What are you learning about? We are learning about Barnaby Bear and his travels.Do you have laptops, ipods and ipads in your classroom? AryaanWe have three computers in our class and a big computer room.

Do you have an interactive board because we do. KrishantYes we do have an interactive whiteboard and we love using it.

Do you know about maths?We learn lots about maths. At the moment we are learning to count to 20.

Do you like playing blocks? JackWe have a big block box in our class and we love making things.

Did you or your family attend the Opening Ceremony and the All Blacks vs Tonga game?orWere you at the Viaduct in Auckland city?orDid you watch it on TV?orAre you from another country and viewed it from overseas? What did you think?

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We are a Year 3 Boys class at Point View School. There are 27 boys in our classroom. We hope you have as much fun navigating your way around our blog as we do. Mrs Laburn updates our blog regularly because we love to share our learning and news. Please, please, please leave us comments as we love to read your feedback. Come back soon!! Feel free to contact me at l.laburn@pointview.school.nz